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May 14th 2012
THOMSON REUTERS LAUNCHES FIRST HIGHLY-LIQUID, INVESTABLE, REAL ESTATE INDICES FOR ETF MARKET

As property markets recover, rental values continue to soar and investors look for higher yielding assets, Thomson Reuters and Global Property Research have launched a series of regional real estate benchmarks.

The TR/GPR indices provide unrivalled liquid exposure to global property markets. The index series covers the top 100 global property investment securities and has been designed specifically for use in investment products such as Exchange Traded Funds. Learn more about the Thomson Reuters/Global Property Research real estate indices.

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february 1st 2012

THOMSON REUTERS AND CRESCENT WEALTH LAUNCH ISLAMIC INVESTMENT INDEX FOR THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET

Thomson Reuters and Crescent Wealth, the Australian Islamic investment manager, have launched an Islamic investment index for Australia to help open up this resource-rich market to Islamic finance investors globally.

The Thomson Reuters Crescent Wealth Islamic Australia Index is the first benchmark index to screen ASX-listed companies for compliance with Islamic investment principles using Thomson Reuters unique research-based approach. It is a powerful new tool for Islamic investors to geographically diversify their portfolios while increasing investment opportunities into an important G-20 country like Australia. Learn more.

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October 12th 2011

THOMSON REUTERS LAUNCHES MALAYSIAN FIXED INCOME AND SUKUK INDICES WITH LOCAL BOND PRICING AGENCY

Thomson Reuters Indices has teamed up with Bond Pricing Agency Malaysia (BPAM) to offer the most comprehensive and representative suite of Malaysian Fixed Income benchmarks available. Learn more.

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SEPTEMBER 29th 2011

ANNOUNCING THE TRBC 2012 SECTOR CLASSIFICATION CONSULTATION

For the first time since 2008, Thomson Reuters  Business Classification is changing to meet new market and business needs.  Prior to the release of the next version of TRBC we are inviting market participants to provide feedback. Learn more.

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SEPTEMBER 9th 2011

THOMSON REUTERS INDICES PROFILE FEATURED IN ASIAN INVESTOR

Anthony Yeung, head of Business Development Asia, is interviewed by Asian Investor and talks about why Thomson Reuters differs from traditional index providers, and our offerings for Asian clients.
Read the full article.

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JUNE 27th 2011

THOMSON REUTERS INDICES ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF ISLAMIC INDICES

June 27th Thomson Reuters teams up with IdealRatings and adds a global Islamic benchmark offering to its suite of indices. Quarterly, research based screening differentiates the indices from other Islamic benchmarks and ensures the most recent Shariah compliance status of constituents.

The new Thomson Reuters IdealRatings suite covers countries, regions and sectors of interest to Islamic finance. Learn more about our Islamic Indices. 

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March/April 2011

NEW PERIPHERAL EUROZONE BANKS INDEX LAUNCHED

Building on the success of the Peripheral Eurozone Countries Index, the unique broad market benchmark for the Eurozone countries with the highest government deficit levels, Thomson Reuters Indices has launched the Peripheral Eurozone Banks index. This index tracks banks listed in Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain and is available in Real Time on Thomson Reuters Eikon and Reuters 3000 Xtra, and with End of Day updates on Datastream. The index is also available off-the-desktop and for licensing. 

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March/April 2011

TRBC JUDGED AS BEST SECTOR CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR SECTOR INDICES AND EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS BY JOURNAL OF INDEXES

This Journal of Indexes article compares TRBC with its two closest competitors by looking at the size and depth of their securities universes; the structure of their sorting methodologies; and inter-sector correlation analysis. The authors conclude that TRBC stands out as the most useful sector classification system for building sector indices and ultimately for ETF investors.

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Press Releases

Read more recent press coverage of Thomson Reuters Indices.

14 May 2012 - Thomson Reuters Launches First Highly-Liquid, Investable, Real Estate Indices For ETF Market

12 Oct 2011 - Thomson Reuters, Bond Pricing Agency Malaysia Launch Co-Branded Sukuk and Bond Indices

4 Jul 2011 - Thomson Reuters and IdealRatings launch Islamic Indices

20 Jul 2010 - Zellner Award Recipients Announced by ASA Business & Economics Statistics Section

15 Mar 2010 - Thomson Reuters Launches 7500 New Indices

19 Jan 2010 - Jefferies Announces Launch of "Wildcatters" Energy E&P ETF Based on the Thomson Reuters / Jefferies CRB Wildcatters Energy E&P Equity Index

14 Jan 2010 - New Wildcatters Index Tracks Performance of Small-cap and Mid-cap Energy Stocks

14 Sep 2009 - Thomson Reuters Launches Global and Comprehensive Range of Indices

Thomson Reuters Indices allow for both high level and detailed analysis of different countries, regions and sectors.

Analyze the impact of market moving news

From natural disasters to sovereign debt and political protests, global news events can affect multiple countries and sectors. Use Thomson Reuters Indices to better understand the impact of these market moving events. Download the fact sheet. 359K

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Monitor Popular Investment Themes

Use Thomson Reuters Indices to capture opportunities arising from global political, environmental, technological and socio-economic change. Analyze the sectors which are most likely to be affected by these changes and evaluate investment possibilities. Download the fact sheet. 736K

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Conferences and Events

7th Annual Asian Investment Summit
MAY 22-23, 2012
Hong Kong

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